Résultats lu par "Alan Weyman" dans Toutes les catégories

Emma was the last completed novel by Jane Austen. It tells the story of a spirited and opinionated young woman who lives with her widowed father and who has an unfortunate penchant for interfering in the love life of those around her. As others in her small circle gradually find partners, the question which is at the center of all Jane Austen novels remains to be answered: how will Emma find a husband for herself?

A childhood nemesis. A threat seemingly from beyond the grave. Murder by Monday.... A mysterious letter sends Carl Brooke and Rutherford Nordlinger off to the aid of a man who, accused of murder, is now threatened by the man he is said to have killed. This is the sixth novella in the Agora series. Each Agora mystery is a complete and standalone mystery; however, some listeners prefer hearing the stories in order.

This collection contains Oscar Wilde's four best-known comedies: The Importance of Being Earnest; Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; and A Woman of No Importance. All of them satirize upper-class English society of the 1890s, dramatizing scandalous secrets, political and marital intrigue, and dandyish bad behavior with Wilde's trademark wit and wisdom.

When a dragon turns up in the English countryside, can the boy who befriends him help him avoid the threatened showdown with Saint George?

When Lord Arthur learns of his awful destiny, how will he deal with the consequences? As this is Wilde, it's not what you might expect.

A strange happening when a business arrangement goes awry. From In Ghostly Company, published 1921.

An alien on the run from bounty hunters arrives on Earth and hides in the body of a gangster who has just been murdered by his own gang. He finds himself in conflict with the gangster's determination to avenge himself on the gang and redeem a past failure while at the same time he has to deal with the bounty hunters.

A party of friends exchange ghost stories on Christmas Eve; but everything may not be quite as it seems....

Dreams come and go but their impressions last forever. So I had no choice but to set down these words. No titles, no conformity. Just the feelings left by those very dreams.

A vacation in a quiet country spot; what could possibly go wrong? From Northcote's collection In Ghostly Company published in 1921.

Everything in the world revolves around just him. Or does it? A moral fable on delusions of self-importance. First published 1888 in The Happy Prince and Other Tales.

es and Watson investigate spies and amateur beggars in this thrilling addition to the Sherlock Holmes mythos, based on one of the unpublished tales mentioned in the original series.

Another Blood Jet is A. J. Huffman's new collection of poetry. This collection is a multigenre, literary horror collection of 48 poems that intermix personal memoirs of moments of a volatile relationship with bloody and surrealistic visions of the speaker's everyday life and madness. The goal of this collection is to take the listener on an emotionally tangential ride that twists their minds and guts in empathy. Collectively it creates a diversely intriguing mix of imagery, metaphor, and real-life memoir.

On the day of his departure to sing Tristan in Brussels, the celebrated tenor Gerardo receives three unwelcome visitors. Despite their persistent attentions, he manages to honor his singing contract, but at an unexpected personal cost.

Danny's mother assures him that snowmen can't talk. In this whimsical adventure, Danny discovers that her assertion is not entirely correct.

This is a fable about real and fake love, with a typically Wildean twist.

Let's face it: Selfie pictures aren't going away anytime soon. In fact we can all admit we have taken some of these photos ourselves and posted them to Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, or Google. You can post a sweet selfie picture pretty much anywhere.

Harrison, an embittered scientist who has access to time travel, wants to remove Christmas from the pages of history. Fortunately for humanity, his senior colleague, Horowitz has other ideas.

Here are 26 tiny classics of English "cruel" humor, in Harry Graham's first book of Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes.

Do you ever wonder if there is a gnome living in the hole at the bottom of the old tree in the park? Have you ever felt like you weren't alone while in the woods? Did you know that elves are responsible for many of our day-to-day occurrences? If your mind ever fills with these kinds of questions, then these modern fairy tales are for you!